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Waikato · 249 suburbs · principal city: HLZ

Waikato

Property data for Waikato. Rent, demographics, deprivation, and a desk for ranking and comparing without leaving the region.

Waikato sits inside this section. Its data does not arrive uniformly: rent is best read at the SA2 level, deprivation in deciles, and population from the Census 2023 baseline. This bulletin opens with the suburbs that anchor most decisions — the largest by population and the lowest-deprivation entries with real scale — before handing off to the regional desks below.

Treat the medians as starting reads. Treat the suburb pages as where the work actually happens. The desks at the bottom of the page are there for when browsing alone is not enough.

State of the bulletin

Five readings from Waikato.

Suburbs indexed
249
Browsable SA2-level entries.
Population indexed
499K
Across Waikato.
Median rent /wk
$575
139 suburbs with rent data.
D4 vs NZ
Average NZDep
5.9
214 suburbs measured.
Median income
$43K
Personal income, Census 2023.
D6 vs NZ
Largest suburbs

Waikato, by population.

Suburb Rent /wk Population NZDep
PaeroaWAI $500 9 PutāruruWAI $550 — Nawton EastWAI $565 9 Te ManatuWAI — 4 Morrinsville EastWAI — 5 Flagstaff EastWAI — 3
Lower-deprivation entries

Lower NZDep, with scale.

01 Flagstaff South · pop 3K NZDep 1 D1 vs NZ 02 Cambridge North · pop 3K NZDep 1 D1 vs NZ 03 Tamahere North · pop 3K NZDep 1 D1 vs NZ 04 Huntington · pop 3K NZDep 1 D1 vs NZ 05 Tamahere South · pop 2K NZDep 1 D1 vs NZ 06 Flagstaff North West · pop 2K NZDep 1 D1 vs NZ
Population projection

Waikato projected to grow 13.1% by 2033.

Stats NZ medium projection (2023 base), released September 2025. Sourced at the territorial-authority level; series runs 2023 → 2053 in 5-year reference dates.

Base · 2023
516,800

Projected total population, Waikato

+5y · 2028
552,200

+6.8% vs base

+10y · 2033
584,700

+13.1% vs base

Waikato rent trend

Houses + units · quarterly · SA2 · Tenancy Services bond data
Median rentHouses
Median weekly rent · Hamilton East Village
$465
— YoY · — QoQ
Median house weekly · Hamilton East Village
$475
— YoY · — QoQ

Median rent to 1/01/2026 · Houses to 1/01/2026 · Units to 1/10/2025 — these series are released on separate cycles, so their latest period can differ.

Source: Tenancy Services bond data · Latest: 1/01/2026
Departments

Four desks for Waikato research.

Suburb directory

Every Waikato suburb, A to Z.

249 Waikato suburbs indexed at SA2 level. Jump to a letter, then open a suburb for rent, demographics, deprivation, schools, and transport.

# 1 suburb
A 4 suburbs
B 5 suburbs
C 13 suburbs
D 3 suburbs
E 3 suburbs
F 12 suburbs
G 5 suburbs
H 28 suburbs
I 1 suburb
K 10 suburbs
L 7 suburbs
M 25 suburbs
N 9 suburbs
O 4 suburbs
P 24 suburbs
Q 1 suburb
R 15 suburbs
S 9 suburbs
T 44 suburbs
W 26 suburbs
FAQ

Four questions about Waikato.

  1. How many Waikato suburbs does QuickProperty cover?

    QuickProperty indexes 249 Waikato suburb entries, with 139 carrying rent coverage in the current processed dataset.

  2. What is the median weekly rent in Waikato?

    Across Waikato suburbs with available rent data, the median weekly rent shown on this hub is $575/wk. Individual suburb pages may differ materially from the regional benchmark.

  3. What does NZDep mean on this page?

    NZDep is a neighbourhood deprivation index. Lower deciles indicate less deprivation. Read it alongside rent, population, schools, transport, and suburb detail context, not as a standalone verdict.

  4. What should I do after browsing the Waikato hub?

    Open a large suburb for context, use NZ rankings if the region still feels too broad, or move two suburbs into compare once you have a working shortlist.